Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-04-29
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON TERRTORY EVENING APRIL
GENERAL WS.
II IL Likely to Destroy the Eastern
Lumber and Fruit Trade Of Calffor.
nia-Relief Asked.

II IL Likely to Destroy tho Easter
Lumber and Fruit Trade Of Caltfer.
nia-Relief Asked.
WASHINGTON, April 2O.-E. M. Her
rick, President OF the Pacific Pin
Lumber company, and E. c. Aulleams
President of the Redwood Manufac
turing Association of San Francisco
have telegraphed the Interstate Com
merce Commission as follows: "Ou
two corporations, employing from eigh
to ten thousand men and represent
ing about thirty million dollars capital
have addressed you by mail Stain.
that our Eastern business ha,
been entirely destroyed by the oper
alton of the interstate commerce law
and asking your interposition on our
behalf. Meanwhile will you allow roads
over which we have been operating to
give us old rates and so revive our bus
iness with the East, provided the rate
is open and available for ALL" A.
& Co., of San Francisco, telegraphed
The fruit interests of this State,
which are of great and growing i'm.
portance, are seriously jeopardized by
the workings of this interstate COM
merce bill. Inasmuch as this interest
cannot avail itself of water competi.
ton, we respectfully ask that section
4 be suspended, that these interests be
not entirely paralyzed and great loss
ensue." .st
Terrible Results from . Cyclone.
OMAHA, April 22.-Reports of last
night, from southeastern Kansas, re-
late the ravages of terrible cyclone
in that region and portions of Mis-.
souri, and Arkansas. 1t destroyed the
town of Prescott, Bourbon county,
Kansas, and killed great many per-
sons. 1t passed through Vernon
county, Missouri, and made terrible
havoc in its path. The destruction
was awful to contemplate. Large
numbers of men, women and children
were killed and many were injured.
The loss Of property is beyond compu-
tation. At some points along the
route of the cyclone hail stones four
inches in diameter fell with such force
as, to crush through roofs, and do great
damage generally. At Nevada, Mis-
souri, winch was Just in the edge OF
the storm, remarkable phenomenon
was witnessed. Balls of fire fell in
great profusion, at an angle of forty
five degrees, striking the ground and
bursting into myriads of fiery flames.
They would rebound several hundred
feet and die away. The list of casual
ties, not yet complete, is appalling.
President Cleveland and the Second
.r Term Idea.
New YORK, April 25.-Hon. VIM.
Dorsheimer makes the following state
ment: "In view of the reports which
have been sent out by Washington COR
respondents of some western newspa-
pers, think it proper to make the
following statement: In January last
the President said to me that he had
been contemplating the making of a
public declaration, which would take
him out of the field as a candidate in
1888. He said that he was led to this
conclusion not only by personal consid-
erations, but because he thought such
a course would relieve him from the inn
putatiOns which were daily cast upon
him and which interfered with his
usefulness in Office. After listening
to the Presidents observation and sup.
posing that he wanted an expression
OF my opinion, l told him that l
thought such declaration would be
very unwise' and it would increase his
complexities rather than diminish
them. I also said it was not safe for
him to say whether he would be can
didate for reelection or not; that was
a matter to be decided by the Demo.
Gratis who had honored him greatly
and who had right to his services il
they desired them. l also argued that
no tradition would be broken by his
candidacy for second term and that
it might be most important to his party
and country that he should be re
elected. After long talk on this sub
ject, the effect of which was, as I have
stated, the matter was dropped and hai
not since been alluded to except in 6
casual manner. l have never had il
my possession letter from the Presi
dent with reference to second term
nor have / ever seen such letter OF
draft of one. l have not been in Wash
ington since the 4th of this month. i
the President has arrived at the deter
mination suggested in the converse
ton with me last January, 1 DOM
know it; but knowing well his charac
ter, am confident that if he thinks i,
his duty to decline a denomination, hi
will make known his intention in 6
public way, which will render no mis-
understanding of it"
The next Congress has not Robin
son in it. The tempers and tempera
ments are represented by Gay, Bland
Crisp and Wise. There are also Oates
Rice and Berry, Bacon and Hogg
The colors are represented by White
Brown and Gray.
PLEASE to remember that Congress
adjourned and left 1882 ,OOO, 900 in tn
Treasury. 1t is big country that Cal
ries a sack like that, and pretty goo,